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Fusion is in, not only as an abstract fashion concept, but in that most grounded of realities: mixed-blood people who walk, talk, and produce even more multiracial progeny. Most strange of all, these hybrids are finding themselves hailed as role models for vast masses in Asia with no mixed blood at all. "When I think of Asia, I don't necessarily think of people who look like me," says Declan Wong, a Chinese-Dutch-American actor and producer, "But somehow we've become the face that sells the new Asia...
...their first unforgettable meeting, this year’s freshmen were told they had a great deal of knowledge, but that they would shortly lose it. This, the sages explained is how Harvard has acquired its vast storehouse of learning. It is obvious, then, that the freshman sets the pattern for the entire University. At other institutions [he] is frowned upon as the lowest form of invertebrate, but not so here...
...debate focuses only on PSLM’s error of judgment. With the sit-in, PSLM has hardened the administration’s resolve. The group has squandered its public support and has turned against it many students of whom the vast majority support a living wage...
...administrators’ disagreement with the living wage campaign’s mission will be mild in comparison to their anger at the occupation of Massachusetts Hall. PSLM’s unlawful behavior has needlessly hindered the administration’s ability to do its work—the vast majority of which, even PSLM would agree, betters the University. It has also proved disruptive to Yard residents and put confidential documents at risk, though PSLM members have been much more well-behaved than the students who occupied University Hall...
...Summit of the Americas agenda is unprecedented in its breadth and boldness. It envisions social and economic progress on a vast, hemispheric scale. Fortunately the information revolution has put the technological means at our disposal to assist us in achieving our objectives: to facilitate new human connections, enhance participation in democratic institutions and processes, expand economic opportunities and deliver government services. All we need is the will to ensure that the capacity of new and emerging technologies to bridge vast distances, expand access to knowledge and increase economic productivity is shared equitably and extended throughout the hemisphere...